And nigeria says allied forces will destroy all boko haram camps within six weeks but conduct even more attacks. And. Im daniel lack in canadas Yukon Territory where one of the longest toughest most treacherous races is being conducted, called the yukon ultraand ill be reporting on it. U. S. President Barack Obama Says he has yet to decide whether to supply weapons to ukrainian forces. The president met german chancellor Angela Merkel. Who says diplomatic measures should be given time to work. The key message additional sanctions on russia should be delayed. Meanwhile the violence in ukraine continues the escalate. Russian backed separatists have attacked over 100 times in the last 24 hours. Allen fisher has the story. The violence continues in Eastern Ukraine with people being moved from towns along the border. Angela merkel believes a peace plan drawn up with the french and presented to the russians may be drawing out of the crisis. Barack obama is coming under pressure to provide weapons to ukraine but is willing to delay for now. If in fact diplomacy fails what ive asked my team to do is look at all options. What other means can we put in place to change mr. Putins calculus. Translator if at a certain point in time one has to say that success is not possible, even if one puts every effort into it, then the United States and europe have to sit together and tree and explore further possibilities. European union has backed stronger sanctions at a meeting of Foreign Ministers in brussels but delayed imposing them to see if talks in minsk work out. We are delighted to begin but until we see russia on the ground withdrawing troops stopping the flow of weapons we cant relieve the pressure in any way. Vladimir putins spokesman has warned about imposing deadlines or sanctions. Theres still work to be done. Translator were getting ready for wednesday. If within that time frame we can agree on a number of positions that we have talked about in the recent past. Reporter the u. S. And german leaders want to believe that there will be consequences, military support all that could hang on developments in minsk and that becomes a hugely significant and important meeting. Thank you very much everybody. Allen fisher, lz, in washington. Wrom oncewelcome once again to al jazeera. Thank you. President obama says hes undecided about whether to arm Ukrainian Government forces, saying diplomatic resources need to be given time. How much pressure is there at home to arm ukrainian troops . Well, certainly from a lot of people in congress not just republicans but also a lot of democrats. It got so bad i was in the munich meeting over the weekend in which Angela Merkel said she was against the use of military weapons for ukraine. And three United States senators really beat up on her which was also beating up on obama. So i think president is under a lot of pressure right now to do something to be seen in countering what the russian leader mr. Putin is doing to kill a lot of ukrainians. Are you optimistic at this point that these peace talks can get anywhere . I have no way of being optimistic unless you know whats in the mind of Vladimir Putin. This is a thing where only one person decides. Apparently, when the german chancellor and the french president were in moscow on friday they didnt get anywhere. It didnt look as though what happened between the chancellor and the president advanced things very much today. So well see. If that meeting takes place in minsk, the capital of belarus on wednesday with the british the french, the ukrainians and the russians, it is possible putin will say ive got all i want ive made my point im back in the big league, everybody has had to kowtow to me, i think i can get people in ukraine to stop or maybe well carry on for a while because its obvious he will say the United States and germ are divided. The president said we are all on this together, we all agree. Thats actually nonsense. We dont all agree. How widely divergent though are they . I think the difference between the germans and the french on the one side, particularly the germans who dont want to use or see arms going to ukrainians and the pressure that mr. Obama is underand certainly a lot of the people in congress are very wide indeed. The german case is that mr. Putin is in a better position to escalate. Hes right on the border. Secondly you are not quite sure what arms you give to the ukrainians. Third its not clear theyd know how to use them and fourth, its not clear how soon they could be effective anyway. So the germans would prefer to carry on with sanctions. As the economy goes south the russian economy is in really really deep trouble. Sir thanks for speaking to us. Robert hunter, former u. S. Ambassador to nato. Thank you. In egypt an investigation has been launched into a deadly stampede at a football match on sunday. At least 40 people died outside a stadium in cairo. Funerals have been held for some of the fans killed. As osama been javid reports the blame game has become political. Reporter this is funeral of abu a 23yearold football fan who died at the air Defense Stadium in cairo. His family is among those mourning the people who left to watch a football match but came back in body bags. Football fans tried to enter a premier match between local club zamalik and mp. But some didnt have tickets. Barricades failed to hold back the crowds. The police were in front and behind the gate. They fired tear gas this caused panic and people fell on top of each other. The confusion resulted in a stampede. The Fan Association of the zamalik club called it a massacre by the police. But Police Officers were overwhelmed. Egypt foreign minister said, in a statement an increasing number ever fans gathered outside the stadium pushed to 10,000. Climbed walls in an attempt to enter resulting in injury. Relations have been tense since the 2010 revolution. Football supporters were a part of the mast protest. Many had no political affiliations. But the media director at the egyptian Football Administration accuses the Muslim Brotherhood for being involved. This is an incident that has happened on purpose. They meant to insult the police and take the country back to square 1. The root of the problem is they are the branches of the brotherhood. Reporter but the groups political wing says the government is behind the problems. Abdel Fattah Alsisi and the military coup gang fully responsible. Calluslycalcallously disregarding the goodwill of the crowd. 21 people were sentenced to death in their part of the violence. After sundays deaths, an investigation was ordered. The Egyptian Football Federation has postponed all football in the immediate future. Russian president Vladimir Putin is traveling to cairo. He will have two days of talks with egyptian president abdel Fattah Alsisi. While United Nations human rights experts are criticizing an Egyptian Court decision to uphold death sentences against 183 people, theyre accused of attacking a Police Station in the village of kadasa outside cairo in august 2013. The u. N. Statement says that by imposing mass death sentences over the past two years the Egyptian Court has shown their absolute indifference to right to life. That by imposing mass death sentences, the Egyptian Court is casting shadow over the impartiality of the countrys justice system. A senior lecturer, arab and islamic studies he says president sisi is trying to crush opposition, but the president ial has been damaged by recent leaked recordings. Whether the security establishment, the intelligence establishment the judicial establishment or the media establishment, the core of this structural crisis really, and will continue either for a while until one side more or less collapses. There is quite a few strikes against sisi now with the u. N. Special report youreeur, and it tells you as well that within the regime there is someone who is able to record these tapes and the president ial offers from the ministry of defense from sisis personal secretary and then send them away to the media which tells you that there are some people who dont like him within the establishment. Egypts retrial for al jazeera journalist Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy is set for thursday. They have now spent 408 days in jail. They are accused ever supporting the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood charges they and al jazeera deny. On monday Mohamed Fahmys family launched a new campaign. Asking canadian Prime MinisterStephen Harper to intervene. Mohamed is a canadian citizen. Problems with the initial j including that the case failed to provide mohamed and fahmy had any links to the Muslim Brotherhood. Failed to prove that an act of terror actually occurred and the case did not clarify what illegal brawblghting equipment Mohamed Fahmy was cuffed of carrying. Still ahead in this news hour. Im tom ackerman in the u. S. State of maine where more people die every year than are born. But maine is working on its are population loss challenge. Divisions remain. And the new African Champions come home to a celebration thats been over 20 years in the making. Sanas got details later in sports. To nigeria now where the National Security advisor has said that it will try to disrupt all of the boko haram camps and elections have been postponed for six weeks. Hara matassa has more. Convincing officials they can do it is even harder. Forces from chad and cameroon and from the African Union they are going to try identify the different camps where boko haram expected to be. They think the boko haram fighters may be hiding and living and from then on once they are contained the situation, people who fled the northeast where boko haram has been the most ferocious will feel comfortable to go back and vote in the National Election scheduled for march. They have heard these kind kind of talks from the government before. Some are saying the field may be different now. A lot more people are coming in from other african countries coming in to help nigeria. Maybe with that force and that back they could maybe be able to achieve a goal of dealing with boko haram within six weeks as they say. Nigers parliament has voted to send troops to nigeria to help fight boko haram. They will form a force of 8300 people to fight boko haram. In response to that national force, boko harams leader has released a video. In it abu baka al shekau makes statements. Traveling from the town ever koza to mora near the nigerian border. Security sources 12 of the hostages being killed, in neighboring niger an explosion ripped through a market. Third attack on niger in the last four days. Troops from nigeria and surrounding areas gained ground followed the incursion into cameroon last week, setting fire and mohammad adow has the story. This is the town of gamboro. Under the control of chaddian troops. They parole around the town in case boko haram fighters decide to come back. They are now outside the town. We have combed the whole area. No one is here now. Probably some of the injured are hiding in some houses particularly remote abandoned houses. Reporter for nine months, boko haram controlled gamboro imposing a strict form of islamic law on people of the town. Most of the people were forced to leave for neighboring chad and cameroon. Others escaped to safer parts of northern nigeria. Everyone left in gamboro is a suspect. They are finally released but only after convincing the forces that they are not affiliated with the group. The battle for gamboro has not been an easy one for the chaddian army. It lost 17 of its soldiers during fighting with boarm. Yetboko haram. Yet some say they didnt mind boko harams ruling of the town. The only thing boko haram asked us to do away tell us to teach them the koran. A Regional Force of 8700 soldiers to fight boko haram. That threat posed by boko haram is causing the delay of nigerian elections for six weeks any town and village taken from its fighters will bring the reality of holding those postponed elections a little closer. Mohammad adow, al jazeera acknowledge lagos. Abdul lahi was killed near the somalian capital. Security remained tight across the capital as lawmakers vote whether or not to retain the old cabinet. 40 ministers, 22 voteagainst. In yemen political rival are meeting for First Time SinceHouthi Rebels took power in a coup. The talks are brokered by the u. N, and they continue even though the nassaris party has backed out. Jamal el shayal has the story. Groups sponsored by the United Nations one of the participants decided to walk out. Well withdraw because theres no commitment so far that peaceful protests will not be attacked and depressed and also because the dialogue is nothing but a cover for the coup. That coup happened on friday. Prior to that, the u. N. Special envoy jamal ben ahmed. Despite u. N. Secretarygeneral ban kimoon assisted that Abdel Mansour Al hadi must be returned to power. Its this that upset several politicians. We will not continue in this dialogue unless the constitutional announcement is cancelled. We will not accept this no matter how strong the houthis are. Elsewhere in the country people opposed to the coup have continued to make their voices heard. In shaboa, shops were closed an Public Services brought to a halt. And in tais acknowledge people are gearing up to mark the fourth anniversary of the arab spring. So far 18th regime antiregime protests occur. There is a sense among many people here that the freedoms gained since the uprising have been taken away from them by the houthi coup. There is little hope as to whether the u. N. Sponsored talks can in fact restore democracy. Tais yemen. Two bombings in the iraqi capital, both attacks happened in mainly shia neighborhoods. Its the second set of bombings in three days. This comes right after a night tide curfew in baghdad was lifted after 12 years. In Syria Kurdish fighters are making gains around the border town of kobani. They reportedly pushed i. S. I. L. Out of 120 villages. Stefanie dekker has the story from lebanon. They are making gains they surround the border town of kobani and the victory of the town has seemed to up the ante. Fest battling a common enemy. Now were done with the country side of kobani and god willing well head to the country side of manbeach city. Well gain control of manbeach, god willing and then to aleppo. That doesnt mean the battle is over. I. S. I. L. Has threatened to return and it still holds large areas along by turkey and rah ca toraqqato iraq. Four years on a political solution to this war remains a long way off. Stefanie dekker, al jazeera beirut. Ground offensive to retake territory from i. S. I. L Kurdish Peshmerga forces are said to be retaking ground from i. S. I. L. Ann baueranbar province in iraq, trainers and German Italian french dutch and belgian trainers. I. S. I. L. Has been running an ambitious propaganda campaign, includes social media and different campaigns tailored to different countries. But fighting back using comedy and art jane arraf has more from baghdad. This is one of the front lines in the fight against i. S. I. L. At state run iraqi television, the videos are part of an effort to counter i. S. I. L. s wide ranging propaganda. The campaign is aimed at undermining the appeal of the Islamic State of iraq and the levant. Its most effective weapon a satirical series called stayed of superstition. In this imaginary state the devil arrives to destroy iraq with the help of some friends. The parody, instead of paradise, this one promises would be suicide bombers will end up washing dishes. Each of the 27 episodes explores a different segment of life under i. S. I. L. This news anchor struggling to cover her takes interviews a hospital official. He explains that since there was no medical equipment a thousand years ago they use knives and sewing needles. The effort is to undermine i. S. I. L. s idea of parody is to say they dont belong among the most sacred but they are a group of People Holding a destructive ideology and their understanding of islam is comical. There is also a kurdish effort. This production is aimed at demystifying i. S. I. L. Inspiring humor instead of fear. In the battlefields for the minds of young people. And a lot of that struggle is played identity in the field of Popular Culture in all sorts of forms. Artists new project uses the souls of shoes to depict i. S. I. L. Fighters. It is hard to imagine a more serious insult in the arab world. There is no need to feign brave i bybravery by saying im not afraid. He came up with the idea, when he came to mosul a city of art and culture. The shoes he says are as damaged and deformed as i. S. I. L. Ideology. Jane arraf baghdad. Still ahead on are al jazeera jazeera, pos reply running out of food next month. And targeting air strips. And find out what sparked tensions ahead of a football match in brazil. Sana will have more in sports. Now available, the new al jazeea america mobile news app. Get our exclusive in depth, reporting when you want it. A global perspective wherever you are. The major headlines in context. Mashable says